Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician is a first-person dungeon-crawler developed by Compile. It was first released on September 6, 1997 for Microsoft Windows 95 through Disc Station Vol. 16. Unlike most Madou Monogatari games which follow Arle, this game follows Schezo Wegey and his quest for power as he ascends Wish's tower.
J.League Dynamite Soccer 64 is a soccer game for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1997. The game has officially licensed players from Japan's J-League.
Join forces with Captain Claw, the greatest cat pirate ever to challenge the Cocker Spaniard Armada! Embark on an epic quest to recover the lost gems of the Amulet of Nine Lives. Uncover hidden treasure, navigate tricky terrain, and engage in armed combat to defeat the enemies of the courageous and legendary Captain Nathaniel J. Claw.
Wishbone: Activity Zone is a game with some educational elements for children aged seven and up starring the dog Wishbone from the TV series. It contains ten activities and they are all started from central library that acts as a hub. The game contains for instance summaries for a number of classic novels and these are narrated by Wishbone. Similarly there is an activity where only the introduction of a famous story is provided and the player has to choose between different paragraphs to reconstruct the story in a logical way. The scrap book holds a collection of Wishbone photos for the player to browse.
It's the most outrageous fighting game ever! Innocent but deadly, these pint-sized champions from Street Fighter and DarkStalkers pack one heck of a punch. Battle to collect power-up gems and duke it out with the most insane attacks and hilarious fighting combos of all time.
In the summer of 1940, a Reich meant to last a Thousand Years confronted an Empire Upon Which the Sun Did Not Set. One magnificent weapon, first conceived as a private venture in 1934, proved decisive. In the skies over London, and in the years to follow, a shout of "Achtung - Spitfire!" was invariably followed by shattering losses.
The player character is an alien named "Gnap", who gets stranded on earth due to his spaceship crash landing. Now he must find and repair his wrecked ship so he can return home.
The game is a comic adventure with themes aimed at a mature audience.
Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum is an action-adventure game based on the popular educational Brazilian TV series with the same name. The player can chose to play either Pedro or Biba to search for the ingredients through five levels. Each level involves some platforming and minor puzzle solving elements, like jumping over the right sequence of platforms, or finding food inside the kitchen's drawers in the right order.
This RTS (real-time strategy) game tells the story of a futuristic war between the humans and the inhabitants of Jupiter (Jovians). The player can choose to command the armies of either side. Humans and Jovians have different menu layouts and tactics which they can employ for offensive and defensive actions. Also, the Jovians must deal with the atmosphere of the Earth, which obstructs their view, by using special troops; the humans also face a problem in the sulphur shrouds of Jupiter.
The game implements its own view system for battles. Some may know it from their TV's - there's a picture-in-picture option to view 3 different locations at the same time. You can choose from two modes of play, normal RTS, or a more complicated variant which is just playable if you're confident with the manual.
This add-on acts as a "booster pack" for the original game. Expansion sets added included card from Arabian Nights and Antiquities. Tournament and Sealed Deck Construction were also added with this expansion.
A commercial total conversion of Doom 2. A failure on the market, but a landmark release for modders, it helped launch the careers of several artists and level designers.
Battle-Girl, by Ultra/United, is an arcade style top-down shooter for Mac OS and Windows released in September 1997. Gameplay is similar to Robotron 2084, but uses vector graphics and different level designs like Tempest. High-pace arcade action.
TetriNET is a multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six people, developed by St0rmCat in 1997 that supports team play. The last official version is 1.13. The game was originally developed for Windows and was later ported to other systems.
St0rmCat released TetriNET 2 in 2000, which features improved graphics, more types of special blocks, additional features (such as hold piece and block shadows), and a master server.
Fox Sports Golf 99 features six 3D courses for up to four players to compete on: Forest Downs, Orange Rock, Sunny Green Country Club, Kiawah Island (site of the 1997 World Cup of Golf), Oxfordshire in England (Benson & Hedges International Open), and Carnoustie Golf Links (home of the 1999 British Open). Players can also practice their pitching and putting techniques or work on their long game by having a whack at the driving range. A traditional triple click interface is used to execute each shot, and two commentators will call the action as you progress through the links: choose legendary announcer Peter Allis, Fox Sports Net's John Walls, or have both analyzing your game.
Vampire Hunter 2 was released simultaneously with Vampire Savior 2. Both games were not direct sequels but altered versions of Capcom's original, Vampire Savior. The game play is the same as with Night Warriors, though slightly tweaked so that the characters play similar to their appearance in Vampire Savior; it also features the double-health bar system from the aforementioned game.
The game was never released outside of arcades in Japan but features were used in later ports of Darkstalkers 3.